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|    Jim Wilkins to Bob La Londe    |
|    Re: I Know Its a Bad Idea - Farm Jacks    |
|    08 Aug 25 20:48:28    |
      From: muratlanne@gmail.com              "Snag" wrote in message news:1075te9$vhg9$1@dont-email.me...              On 8/8/2025 4:45 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:       > Farm Jack, Off Road Jack, Wagon Jack, (The Kleenex name is Hi-Lift Jack).       >        We called them HandyMan Jacks where I grew up . But then where I grew       up it was "Yippee-I-O-Ki-Yay too so go figure .       --       Snag       ---------------------------------              The hardened rock drill rod I mentioned earlier became an adapter bushing to       attach an HF jack spreader beam to another brand of low profile floor jack.       The HF jacks use a special hex socket head plug bolt to attach the lift pad       or spreader beam to their jacks. If you encounter this the thread is 24mm x       1.5mm, which I had to single-point on the lathe.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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